March, 1914. 



American Bgc JoqrnaT| 



Havre by an American dealer in this 

 article, honey from the United States, 

 or from the I^ominican Republic, from 

 which the market draws a large sup- 

 ply, can be shipped to France and sold 

 at a profit at prices much lower than 

 those for the French product. 



The United States enjoys the mini- 

 mum tariff on honey imported into 

 France, and the same tariff also applies 

 to honey coming from the Dominican 

 Republic and Haiti, whether shipped 

 direct from the West Indies or via the 

 United States. The French customs 

 duty (minimum) is $1.75 per IDO pounds 

 net on pure, natural honey, and $2.89 

 per 100 pounds net on imitation honey, 

 or honey mi.\ed with products con- 

 taining sugar. The foregoing rates 

 apply to merchandise imported directly 

 to a French port. If imported via an- 

 other European port or country there 

 is a surta.x of $0..')152 per lOO pounds. 

 In making offers to the trade, however, 

 it is unnecessary to quote honey duty 

 paid. Quotations should be made c. i. f. 

 Havre. 



Besides the honey prepared for table 

 use, the article is employed extensively 

 by the manufacturers of gingerbread. 

 This is made in large quantities in 

 Lyon, Reims, and Dijon, France, in 

 which cities the United States has con- 

 sular representatives, from whom names 

 of the principal consumers and buyers 

 can be obtained. (The names of all 

 the importers, as well as those of the 

 wholesale grocers, handling honey in 

 Havre may be had from the Bureau of 

 Foreign and Domestic Commerce.] 



A New Organ for Beekeepers in South 

 Africa Some time ago the South Afri- 

 can Beekeepers' Journal was discon- 

 tinued, and for a time the association 

 was without an organ. They have 

 lately arranged with the Farmers' 

 Weekly, of Bloemfontein, to carry a 

 beekeeping department, and to act as 

 their official organ. Mr. S. L. North- 

 croft, secretary of the association, edits 

 the department. 



Death of Najor Merriam. — Major G. 

 F. Merriam, who for years was one of 

 the largest beekeepers in southern 

 California, is dead. Mr. Merriam was 

 run down by a street car in Los Ange- 

 les, where he has been living for the 

 past few years. The accident occurred 

 on Jan. 24. After lingering for a few 

 days in a hospital, the aged beekeeper 

 succumbed. Mr. Merriam was inti- 

 mately associated with the older bee- 

 keepers of California, being active at 

 the same time as was John Harbison. 



Jin Sano. — Mr. Jin Sano, whose death 

 was reported in our July issue, and 

 whose picture we here reproduce, was 

 born at Shimokawairi, mura .-Viko-gun, 

 Kanagawaken (near Tokyo), Japan. 



Mr. Sano's family is one of the rich- 

 est and oldest, as well as one of the 

 most influential in the county of Aiko, 

 Japan. He was very fond of outdoor 

 sports of all kinds. He admired ath- 



The Late Jin Sano. 



letics, was a good fisherman, and a 

 famous shot and hunter. A few years 

 ago some complications set in, affect- 

 ing his spine, and after spending many 

 months in the University Medical Hos- 

 pital at Tokyo, he returned home in a 

 weak and unhealthy condition. He 

 took up beekeeping to keep himself 

 busy, and in spite of a few unsatisfac- 

 tory experiments, he became more in- 

 terested in the subject, and decided to 

 make a complete study of it. Only 

 modern methods were to be used. 



He came to the United States for the 

 purpose of spending two years with 

 beekeepers, and also to continue his 

 studies of bees and learn more of the 

 present methods. On account of his 

 weakened condition, he was not able 

 to carry this plan through, and reluc- 

 tantly returned to Japan. He read bee 

 lore with much satisfaction, and was 

 on the lookout for anything that would 

 aid him in learning about the habits as 

 well as the improvements of his bees 

 and stock. 



His keen sense of learning and his 



close application to the needs and re- 

 quirements of each hive, soon gave 

 him a practical knowledge, while the 

 bees responded with their usual adapt- 

 ness to any assistance given them, and 

 rewarded him accordingly. 



Mr. Sano was only 27 years old. 

 Through his death Japan has lost a 

 valued citizen, the beekeepers, espe- 

 cially those who were in touch with 

 him, an earnest worker. 



Mr. Noborn Sano has taken up his 

 brother's apiary, and we trust he will 

 be able to push forward into the bee 

 business and fulfill the advances made 

 bv his deceased brother. 



Not Foul Brood in South Africa but 

 Bee Pirates. — In South .■\frica there is 

 no foul brood. At least that is the re- 

 port of Mr. Xorthcroft in the Farmers' 

 Weekly. In order to keep out this 

 dreaded pest, the beekeepers have suc- 

 ceeded in having passed a law which 



